TRE PTO NEWS November 2013 November 2013 Calendar 4 5 6 12 29 2729 No School No School – Teacher In Service Barnes and Noble Night 5:30 to 8 PTO Meeting 7:00 PM Market Day Pick Up 6:00 – 7:00 PM No School Happy Thanksgiving! WatchDOGS: Dates are still available for male role models to spend the day at TRE helping staff members and students. Thank you to all Room Parents and volunteers! Committee Chair Position Opening for 2013-2014: Book Fair - Looking at beginning of 2014 Shopping With Santa - Co-Chair For more information please see TRE PTO Board Vice President Bob Wilson. Please contact Steve Byus at trewatchdogs@yahoo.com to schedule your date. Box Tops: TRE PTO Board Position Open for 2013-2014: Corresponding Secretary - responsible for creating and distributing newsletters, sending correspondence to parents and updating bulletin boards at TRE. If interested in filling the board seat or have more questions, please contact a current PTO board member. Poinsettia Sale: Help add technology to the classrooms at TRE: TRE Poinsettia Sale Kickoff was 11/1. If each student sells just 2 plants, TRE will earn $4,000 towards technology in the classrooms! All order forms and money must be turned in by 11/15. Poinsettia pick up is on 11/25 from 6 to 8 pm in the TRE Cafeteria. Contact Aimee Peck at aimeepeck99@yahoo.com or 614-406-0301. Be sure to clip Box Tops off your favorite food items and office supplies and turn them in by the front entrance. Be sure to put student's name on the outside of the plastic bag along with classroom teacher’s name. Fill up your box top collection sheet by November 26 to be entered into a school drawing. Holiday Event at TRE: Volunteers are needed for Secret Santa Shop. Dates are Dec. 4th , Dec 5th and Dec 6th. Please contact Debbie Dunlap at ddunlap@live.com for more information. Looking for TRE families who have a home business and would like to sell your wares for Shopping With Santa evening. Contact Brenda Starkey for reservations or questions at bksreyoh@hotmail.com. TRE PTO NEWS December 2013 December 2013 Calendar 4&5 6 10 17 20 23 to Jan 3 Secret Santa Shop Shopping With Santa PTO Meeting 7:00 PM Market Day Pick Up 6 – 7 PM Winter Parties 1:30 PM Winter Break Parents and students, Mrs. Spence-Thomas’ third grade class is doing a Penny Harvest. The students will be researching issues that are concerning to them. Then they will be interviewing non-profit organizations to see where the money would be most beneficial. Her students would like to ask you to send in spare change (pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters) to help with their service learning project. They will begin collecting change November 1 and stop collecting December 3. Please remember EVERY coin can make a difference! Thank you in advance for your donations. Spirit Wear Items: Water bottles, pencils, tattoos and magnets are available for sale throughout the school year. For an order form just visit Taylor Road web site. Volunteers are Needed: We need volunteers on Tuesday, December 17th from 5:00pm - 6:00pm to help sort and pack orders. Thank you! Kelli Loeffler Market Day Chairperson Can contact her at loeffler933@aol.com Walk A Thon: The Tracks for Taylor Road Walk-a-Thon was a huge success this year! Thank you to all the TRE families for their support as well as all of our community sponsors! Watch your child’s backpack for a packet that will be coming home recapping our amazing day as well recognizing our sponsors and contributors and even some coupons. Ripple’s Racers raised the most money and was closely followed by S-T’s Rock Star Racers in 2nd place and in 3rd place was the Galloping Gibsons. The top fundraiser was Aaron S. (Mrs. S-T’s class) and he received a bike and prize bag. The 2nd place student was Caitlin D. (Mrs. S-T’s class) and there was a tie for 3rd place between Olivia D. and Mason S. (Mrs. Ripple’s Class). The 2nd and 3rd place fundraisers also received prize bags. Again a huge thank you to everyone! 2013-2014 PTO Board Members: President Vice President 2nd Vice President Staff Liaison Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Theresa Hatcher Bob Wilson Darrell Propst Mrs. Spence-Thomas Eric Rawlings Brenda Starkey Laura Smith OPEN thehatchers43068@sbcglobal.net rmwilson78@aim.com dpropst@reyn.org nspencethomas@reyn.org rawline@hotmail.com bksreyoh@hotmail.com laura_smith1@att.net If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of the above board members.